Invisible mode in Android studio (kotlin) - android-studio

Question

I'm working on a news app and I want my layout to become invisible when a user saves an article. Can anyone please tell me the right way to write this code?
2 things to note:
-when I run the app,the layout is visible in the "saved fragment"
but then when I add "hideSavedMessage" right next to the code that updates the recyclerView and I run the app, the layout becomes invisible.
I want the layout to be invisible only when the user saves an article.
PS: I know how the visible and invisible mode works. I have used it before. My major problem is not knowing the right place to write the code. And by layout, I mean the text view and image view that appears on the screen. I would appreciate any contributions. Thank you.
Here's my code
class SavedFragment : Fragment(R.layout.fragment_saved) {
lateinit var viewModel: NewsViewModel
lateinit var newsAdapter: SavedAdapter
override fun onViewCreated(view: View, savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onViewCreated(view, savedInstanceState)
viewModel = (activity as NewsActivity).viewModel
setupRecyclerView()
newsAdapter.setOnItemClickListener {
val bundle = Bundle().apply {
putSerializable("article", it)
}
findNavController().navigate(
R.id.action_savedFragment_to_savedArticleFragment,
bundle
)
}
val itemTouchHelperCallback = object : ItemTouchHelper.SimpleCallback(
ItemTouchHelper.UP or ItemTouchHelper.DOWN,
ItemTouchHelper.LEFT or ItemTouchHelper.RIGHT
) {
override fun onMove(
recyclerView: RecyclerView,
viewHolder: RecyclerView.ViewHolder,
target: RecyclerView.ViewHolder
): Boolean {
return true
}
override fun onSwiped(viewHolder: RecyclerView.ViewHolder, direction: Int) {
val position =
viewHolder.adapterPosition//get position of item we deleted so that we swipe to left or right
val article =
newsAdapter.differ.currentList[position]//from news adapter at the index of the position
viewModel.deleteArticle(article)
Snackbar.make(view, "Successfully deleted article", Snackbar.LENGTH_LONG)
.apply {
setAction("Undo") {
viewModel.saveArticle(article); hideSavedMessage()
}
show()
}
val isAtLastItem = position <= 0
val shouldUpdateLayout = isAtLastItem
if (shouldUpdateLayout) {
showSavedMessage()
}
}
}
ItemTouchHelper(itemTouchHelperCallback).apply {
attachToRecyclerView(rvSavedNews)
}
viewModel.getSavedNews().observe(viewLifecycleOwner, Observer { articles ->
newsAdapter.differ.submitList(articles)
})
}
private fun setupRecyclerView() {
newsAdapter = SavedAdapter()
rvSavedNews.apply {
adapter = newsAdapter
layoutManager = LinearLayoutManager(activity)
}
}
private fun hideSavedMessage() {
savedMessage.visibility = View.INVISIBLE
isArticleAdded = false
}
private fun showSavedMessage() {
savedMessage.visibility = View.VISIBLE
}
}

Answer 1

The problem is that code inside observer runs even at the beginning - when you run your app, right? If I understand your problem, you just have to manage to make the fun hideSavedMessage() not be running for the first time. You could for example instantiate a boolean in onCreate() and set it to false. Then, inside the observer, you could run the hideSavedMessage() only if that boolean is true - you would set it as true at the end of the observer. I hope you understand.